CCCC #10 - Ooey Gooey Stuffed Cupcakes

As before, this is the CCCC better known as Cake Central Cupcake Club! New members (like me) are always welcome!

Here is Grandma G's explanation from the first post:

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I thought it would be fun to start a Cupcake Club like Oprah's Book Club and test out different cupcake recipes. The intention of the CCCC is to explore new recipes and techniques.This is no place for bashing... constructive criticism only. You can say you didn't like a recipe, but say why, and if you have suggestions for 'fixing' that issue. Example: "The flavor was good but the cake was too dry, so I added 1/4 c. more oil and 1 egg." Or something to the effect of, "They came out dry, did anyone else notice that? What did you do to fix it?"The first time you should follow the recipe as it is given, otherwise you're not truly testing the recipe. Then... if you loved it... you're done. If you felt it could be improved, make your improvements and post what you did....Anyone can jump in any time! If the sound of the recipe doesnt appeal to you then try the next one.Thanks to the ladies on the How about a thread to seriously discuss making cupcakes?????" thread for helping me out with this!Rules:1. Have fun!2. No bashing!3. Start with original recipe.4. Give constructive criticism.

Now for the recipe!!! I am definitely interested to hear people's results with this one as it stands, and thereafter any doctoring that may occur (I know many people usually fill their CCs differently, for example)! I'm hoping this isn't a repeat for you all...

Yay! I am so excited to see so many people chiming in already. I bought my ingredients yesterday but I won't have time to bake today, so if anyone gets a chance before I do, let us know how it goes! I am so curious to see how the cream cheese/coconut/chocolate filling turns out and just how ooey gooey are we talking here? Will we need to eat these in the dark?

I made these last night, but haven't drizzled the chocolate sauce yet since it says to do that just before serving. They smelled so ridiculously tasty that I had to try one. So good! I'm not sure they look very yummy, but I really enjoyed my bite of ooey gooey goodness. Here's how mine ended up looking:

I made these cupcakes. I'm not so hot on them but I never have any luck when I use butter instead of oil in my cakes. I like the filling and always the ganache but the cake came out crumbly. It's not one of those cupcakes that I say that I've got to make again. The combination just didn't work for me especially when I've used much less expensive ingredients and made better cupcakes. I am experimenting with the gelatin butterflies. I'm not totally happy with this one but it takes a little trial and error so I'll keep working on them. Photos are the #10 CC's with marshmallow flowers and one with the gelatin butterfly I'm working on.

I'm still lurking. I leave my E-mail on while I'm doing other things and it lets me know! Those are the mini colored marshmallows. Just flatten on the side of them and cut in threes. I used a skittle for the middle. They work better if you sit them out and let them dry a little bit.

I would use this filling with a different chocolate cupcake recipe and omit the coconut. It's probably just me but I just can't make good cakes unless it's made with oil or a combination of the two. Oh and also I think I would mix filling with Bettercreme or whipped cream to make it not so thick.

Oh also I think the filling would be great in vanilla cupcakes! I got thumbs up on the filling. I was hesitant on the cake before I made it. I never put an egg or butter in my chocolate cake recipes unless it's a doctored mix. But I wanted to make it with the original recipe. I keep hoping I will find a good recipe that asks for butter instead of oil but so far haven't found one I like. On the butteflies; I received the sheet right away. They must be busy though because they said when I paid them if I had any questions to e-mail them and I did and hadn't heard back. Bobwonderbuns helped me out though.